9:27 PM,
Dec. 24, 2013

Ed Day, Rockland County Executive candidate, seen Oct. 16

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Rockland's property taxes will be going up even more than estimated after outgoing County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef's budget vetoes restored six new jobs in 2014, including those for key staffers in his administration.

The county Legislature voted 11-6 Dec. 5 to amend Vanderhoef's proposed 2014 county budget and then adopt the new spending plan. But Vanderhoef, who has line-item veto power, disapproved 16 items in the adopted budget Dec. 13 and sent them back to the board.

They included the creation of a nearly $100,000 labor relations post that could be filled by the current county ...